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Thank you for visiting my 365 blog!

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I'm a mom of 2 kids and have been a photographer for over 4 years. I decided to task myself with doing a 365 {or rather 366} photo project for 2012. I will take a photograph every day, with my "big girl camera". It will mostly be about my life, portrayed artistically. I want to challenge myself creatively and try new things. I'm excited about where this project will take me and I hope you will follow the journey with me!


Thursday, March 19, 2009

Welcome my new nephew JP!

I recently had the chance to spend some time with my new nephew, Johnathan Parker (JP) Hay, who was born in mid-February.  I always forget how tiny and helpless (and precious, innocent, beautiful, and amazing) newborn babies are!  JP also has this great head of hair right now that only wants to stick up straight like a little mohawk - no - his parents did not style it.  I was able to take a few photos of him (at 4 weeks-old) to try and capture some of these qualities.  Below are some of my favorites.

Enjoy!













Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Maternity/Family Shoot 1.17.09

Happy 2009!  

For my first session of the year, I had a chance to photograph a family with two little boys, and a mom who is due as I type this, with a little girl.  Can you say chaos??  But that's where some of the most animated, real moments are caught.  Below are some of my favorites from the shoot.  And yes, you'll see posts soon of the little baby girl.

We did half the shoot with the backdrop, and the other half throughout their house.  I'm really beginning to love the home shots -- what interesting backdrops we found!!







Monday, December 22, 2008

Family Photo Shoot December 6th

These are a few of my favorite photos from a family shoot December 6th, a few weeks before the Seattle Storm 2008.  All photos were taken around their house, and a few inside with normal props.  Its amazing once you really look around, what you can find as good settings and backdrops for photos!  One of my favorite backdrops was the neighbor's newly stained burnt orange garage door.  Too fun and interesting!







Friday, December 5, 2008

Other November Favorites

I'm trying to be a better blogger!  I just wanted to share a few of my other favorite photos taken during some of my November shoots.  So many cute kids, so little time....

I've noticed I've been really loving the red photos - red backgrounds, outfits, leaves.  It must be the spirit of the season manifesting itself through the camera.  Cute red dresses don't hurt either.






Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Boise Photo Shoot November 8-9th, 2008

Where has November gone?  I thought life would slow down a little after the summer months, but it just keeps getting busier.  Besides planning and celebrating Isaac and Ella's 1st and 3rd birthday parties, Halloween, and most recently Thanksgiving, I had the opportunity to travel to Boise, ID for a weekend of photo shoots.  

This idea was all concocted by my good friends Robin and Melissa who have 9-month and 8-month-old daughters, respectively.  They wanted someone they knew and trusted to take some pictures of their little ones!  So while they were together for a play date, my phone rang and they asked what it would take to get me and my gear down for a weekend.  A few phone calls and emails back and forth eventually blossomed into a weekend of 17 (yes, 17!) half-hour photo shoots of kids and families ranging from newborns to 6 and 4-year-old sisters.  During the planning process, Robin ended up selling her house and was moving into the new one the weekend after -- yes, she's crazy!  That gave me plenty of room to set up the studio though.  I stayed right there, and Robin scheduled each family to come every 1/2 hour, and believe it or not, it ran like clockwork!

Needless to say, it was a wonderful opportunity and I had a great time working with all the families and their kids.  They were such great subjects!  Thank you, Robin, for all your planning and hard work leading up to and during the shoot!  I couldn't have done it without you.  And thank you Melissa, for your help and feedback, and for providing me information from a graphic designer's perspective on how to improve my proofing processes! 

Below are some of my favorite photos from all the shoots that weekend.  I will be posting more to my website soon.  Enjoy!